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Question Re: BROKEN TUBE AMP

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From: Mark Glusker
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:55
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In his reply to nasiom@vccnw10.its.rpi.edu (Milton Peter Nasiopoulos),
sehari@iastate.edu (Babak Sehari) writes:

>  Q. How to check specker impedance.
>  A. Use a signal generator, to generate a 1KHz signal put the speaker
and
>   a one ohm resistance in series, and connect the speaker-resistance
>   combinations to the signal generator. Measure, the voltage across the
>   speacker and the one ohm resistor. Now you can calculate the speaker's
>   resistance at 1KHz.  Also check the DC resistance of the speaker with
>   ohm-metar.

My question is; does this procedure work at radio frequencies, provided one
uses an AC voltmeter that responds over those frequencies?  Is this a good
alternative to using devices like RF bridges or Q-meters to measure
reactances at radio frequencies?

Thanks in advance for your help and advice,  

Mark Glusker
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Subject: Question Re: BROKEN TUBE AMP
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